Stat His Society
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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, FEHHUAUY 7, 1908.
NUMBER 23
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
JUDGE HAItGIS SLAIN
'xria ke:wccky feudist shot
DOWN' BY HIS SON.
For Years Dead Man Hnd Beeu Men
tilled wilt) llic Bloody Feud of
Breathitt County Hargia Hud
Bought Ills Collin.
Former County Judgo Jumes Har
gls. for manny years member of the
state Democratic executive committee,
accused of complicity In many murders
and a prominent figure In the feuds
which have disturbed Breathitt county
-for several years, was shoj and s in
stantly killed In his general store at
J:cknon, Ky., Thursday afternoon by
. his son. Beach Hargla. The son tired
five shots In rnpld succession at his
father, who fell dead while his clerks
were waiting on customers.
The exact causae of ,the murder has
not been learned, but It Is supposed
to have been the result of difficulties
which have exlslcd boiveen father and
son for some time. j
The two men are reported, to have
had a quarrel several rights ago, when
the father, It Is alleged, was compelled
to resort to violence to restrain his
son. Young Hargis. It is said, has been
drinking; heavily of late. He came
into tha store late Thursday afternoon
and was apparently under the influence
of liquor. Judge Hargis, it Is said,
spoke to his son about his drinking and
a quarrel resulted.- Father and son
stepped behind n counter In the store,
when the son, after only a few minutes'
conversation, drew a revolver and 11 red
five shots. Pour took effect, the noted
mountain character falling dead. .
biq fikk in rrcoitiA.
Half a Million Dollars' Worth of Prop,
elf y Consumed.
Fire Thursday swept one whole
block od South Adams street, Peoria,
111., in the prlnclpui business portion
of the city, laid low one four-story,-one
three-story, and a half dozen two
story buildings, and left a loss of $501),
000. The Are started in the front of
the Watson building, a four-story
structure, occupied by the J. McAdams
company, tailors: Columbia Phono
graph company, and the V. W. Kim
ball Piano company. Every available
fire apparatus In the city was brought
into play, but the flames were fanned
from the rear by a stiff breeze. The
Schleicher building, all throe floors of
which were occupied by Schleicher &
Sons, furniture dealers, was the jiext
building to catch Are.
In quick succession the Home Sav
ings bank .Mentor, Rosenbloom &
Co.'s department store; Troop O, First
Illinois cavalry, armory, and E. A.
Strauss,, wholesale and retail . cigar
dealer, were In the path of the flames.
The flames extended half "way across
the street to the Grand hotel, a four
story building, and the guests were
awakened and left their rooms prepar
atory to leaving the building should
the necessity arise.
THE SHOXTS NOT SMUGGLERS.
.No Further Action Will Follow I laid
tit Custom InsiMHtors.
The treasury department, . it was
learned Thursday, will take no further
action following a raid by customs in
spectors on the home of Theodore P.
Hhonts for alleged undeclared gowns
Imported from Europe by Mrs. Shonts
and her daughter, Theodora, who is to
marry Due de Chaulnes Feb. 15.
: Shonts is said to have satisfied both
the president and Secretary Cortelyou
that there is no 'cause for the con
fiscation of the gowns on the charge
of smuggling.
It is said on high authority that the
rase will be dropped.
Five Firemen Injured.
Five firemen. Injured and a loss of
$120,000 was the result of a file in
the rooms of the Haclne club, at Ra
cine, Wis., Thursday. John Strlpple
was Injured on the legs and Charles
Jentsta severely bruised. The fire
was caused by a defective electrlo
wire.
LeaiM from Sixth Floor.
During a Are that destroyed an
right-family apartment house on the
northwest corner of West Seventeenth
street and Columbus avenue. In New
York, Thursday, Margaret Landon, H
years old, jumped from a sixth story
window and was instantly killed.
Sioux City Live Stoek Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Beeves,
$4.710) g.$g. Top hogs, $4. SO.
Trial of tlte South Dakota.
The new armored orulser South Da
kota will have her first government,
trial trip Feb. $5. By the time the
battleship fleet arrives at San Francis,
co It la expected the South Dakota will
be In commission.
Lynching In Florida.
Jack Long, accused of murdering
John Eapp, was taken from the jail
at Newbury, Fla., Wednesday night
and lynched by a mob of 200 men.
MANY PF.HISU IN COLD.
Several Deaths from Kxposure In New
York.
New York charitable organisations
Wednesday night found much to do
In the way of almsgiving and scores
of sufferers were warmed and fed. The
police reported several deaths from
exposure. Two women caretakers
were found frozen to death In a twenty-two-room
mansion In West Seventy
first street
A Philadelphia special says: Reports
from throughout eastern and central
Pennsylvania tell of much suffering
because of the extreme cold of the
last few days. Wednesday Is conceded
to have been the coldest in many
years. In the mountain sections the
thermometer registered from 7 -to 15
degrees. Among the places from
which reports come being Hoxclton.
Stroudsburg, Scranton and Wlkesbarre.
The temperature moderated about
midday and as night came snow be
gan falling, which, in many sections.
1' reported to be more than a foot
ueep. Trolley service is suffering.
. With upwards of a dozen passen
ger trains snowbound in various ports
of the state and Indications of zero
weather Michigan is In the grasp of a
blizzard that has paralyziMl transporta
tion In many sections ana threatens to
cause serious distress. On the Flint di
vision of the Pere Marquette railroad
a passenger train has been stalled since
Saturday, and with the railroad closed
a number of small towns are shut on
from their chief sources of bread and
other food supplies. So far as known
the passengers on all snowbound trains
have been carried on, bobsleds to near
by towns or farm houses.
A LICK THAW LOSKS HAUL.
Marriage to Yarmouth Is Annulled by
. . Court.
Sir Blrrel Barnes, president of the
London divorce court. Wednesday
granted the countess of Yarmouth,
who was Mlsa Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg,
a decree nullifying her marriage to the
earl of Yarmouth.
The case was heard in private and
at the time fixed for the commence
ment of the proceedings everyone not
actually engaged in the case was ex
cluded from the court room, the med
ical evidences to be given making a
public hearing inadvisable.
The case was practically undefended
and the hearing Jasted only half an
hour. The countess, attired in a fash
ionable black gown, Was present, but
the Earl of Yarmouth was not fn court.
Only four witnesses were examined.
; the countess of Yarmouth herself, her
jmald, a doctor appointed by the cour
and an American lawyer, who proved
the marriage.
The countess gave evidence in sup
port of her allegation that the mar-
riage had never been consummated
'and the maid testified that the earl
and countess had been living as man
and wife. According to the evidence
of the doctor the earl of Yarmouth was
capable of consummating marriage,
but the counsel for the plaintiff con
tended this did not affect the allegation
lhat the marriage had not been con
summated, and he pointed out to the
Judge that it was within the discretion
f the court to annual the marriage If
Si had not been consummated.
WALLS FALL ON FIREMEN.
(Bevea Men Hurt While Fighting tin?
Flames.
Caught between collapsing floors
even firemen were injured Tuesday
night, while fighting a fire which de
stroyed a five-story structure occupied
by dry goods firms at 43 Worth street.
In the heart of the wholesale dry goods
district of New York. Fireman Frank
E. Lanton Is missing and is believed
to be in the ruins. The monetary loss
Is estimated at $200,000.
The firemen fought the flames in
the bitter cold, which froze the water
in the standplpes and made the press
ure Inadequate to confine the fire to
the third floor, where it started. The
injured were found lying beneath the
ruins in pools of fast freezing water.
Say He Will Drive Out Christians.
Advices received at Tangier from
Fez say that a letter from Mulat Hafld
has been read in the mosques in which
he announces that In prosecuting the
holy war, he would drive the Chris
tians out of the ports, recapture Oudja
jand restore the ancient frontier line.
High Sulurlcfi Reduced.
The Louisville and Nashville rail
road has reduced the salaries of all
employes making more than $250 per
month. Those receiving $400 and
over are cut 10 per cent, while those
making more than $250 and less than
$400 suffer a reduction of 8 per cent.
Peoria Blin k Bums.
One of the most disastrous tires
hlch has visited Peoria, III., in many
years occurred Wednesday night, con
suming practically one whole business
block In Adams street. The total loss
is $260,000.
To Pay Church Claim.
A bill appropriating $403,000 tor the
payment of. Cat hollo church claims In
the Philippines was reported favorably
by the house commltte on Insular af
fairs Wednesday.
.. National HoclallMt Convention.
The national convention of the so
cialist party for the nomination of a
; presidential candidate will be held in
Chicago on May 10. It was so decided
by referendum vote.
FOK DF.ATH PK. ALTY.
Advocate Fiercely Arraigns Stoessel
Fock and Kclsa.
The sessions of the Stoessel court-
martial at St. Petersburg are nearlng
their end. Gens. Stoessel, Fock and
Relss are being tried for the surrender
of the Port Arthur fortress to tho Jap
anese. '
In his summing, up Gen. Gursky,
the judge advocate1, demanded that the
court Impose the death sentence upon
Stoessel, Fock and Relss, upon Stoes
eel as the responsible agent for the
shameful surrender of the fortress and
the cowardly ending of Its glorious de
fense and upon Fock and Relss as the
men who inspired and abetted him.
For Gen. Smyrnoff, who was declared
guilty of not having taken measures
to prevent the surrender, the Judge
advocate asked punishment of Impris
onment at forced labor for four years.
The judge advocate admitted, how
ever the right of the court to take into
consideration the former records of
Stoessel and Fock. He alluded to Gen.
Fock's heroic conduct in the battle
of Shlpka Pass during the Russo
Turkish war, for which he was given
the cross of St.- George, but he said
that Gen. Helss did not have the
slightest claim to clemency; that he
was a liar and a vainglorious boaster.
During the scathing Indictment of
the Judge advocnte which lasted for-!
nearly six hours. Gen. Stoessel, Gens, j
Relss and Smyrnoff showed extreme
nervousness and depression. . I
In general, however, the judge advo-
cate devoted himself to a considera
tion of the surrender Itself, passing
over the minor charges Inenrnornted I
In the Indictment. He concluded as
follows:
"The accused must receive the most
severe penalty provided by law In or
der that the principle proclaimed in
the time of Nicholas I., that the Rus
sian Hag, once hoisted, must never be
lowered, be maintained.
Counsel for the 'defendants will
make their answer later.
FORTUNE IS UNCLAIMED.
$30,000 Awaits Heir of a Washington
Reel use. .
Thirty thousand dollars in farm
property and gold coin, comprising the
estate of Laurence Stuttler, a rancher
of Spangle, Wash., who died in the
Deaconess hospital there Jan. 26, fol
lowing an operation for gangrene, can
prove relationship to the aged recluse,
who lived alone on his -farm, seven
weeks ago. When Stuttler came to the
hospital he paid for two months' are
In advance, and gave the nurse $380
In gold. He refused to give any infor
mation regarding himself, but a few
hours before' he died he was heard to
utter the name of Laura several times.
Stuttler carn to America from Cous-
tone, Baden-Baden, In 1834 .and lived
successively in New York, Boston, New
Orleans, Nashville, St Louis, Chicago,
San Francisco and Los Angeles before
settling on his farm near Spangle. Ho
never talked of himself. He was ec
centric and lived the life of a hermit.
UNION TO BUILD SEWER.
Contract Awarded Spokane tabor Or
ganization.
Federal Labor union No. 11,624, of
Spokane, Wash., of which Thomas Ma-
loney is business agent, has keen
awarded a contract to construct a sew
er In Ninth avenue for $3,180. or
$624.40 under the engineer's estimate
and from $1,900 to $3,100 under other
bidders. .This Is believed to be the
first contract awarded to a labor or
ganization by any municipality in the
northwest. Mayor C. Herbert Moore
says he would like to see the union
remain In tho contracting business, as
It will result in a benefit to the city.
Mr. Maloney expects to begin work
early next spring with a force of men
picked from the union. "It is not ex
pected to make any money out of the
contract," he said, "but In this way wo
will maintain our wage scale."
ICE MEN SENT TO JAIL.
Prominent Citizens of Toledo Are Sen
tenced. Roland Beard and Compton Lem
man, of the Hygela Ice company, and
Joseph Miller, manager of the Toledo
Ice and Coal comnany, were Tuesday
sentenced to six months in Jul! and to
pay the costs of prosecution by Judge
Klnkade at Toledo, O., for conspiracy
in restraint of trade.
The men were found guilty last
July and were sentenced each to six
months in the workhouse and to pay
a $2,500 fine. The case was appealed
and a few days ago the Bupreme court
handed down a decision declaring the
convicted men could be sent to Jail;
but not to a workhouse. The defend
ants at once began their term of sen
tence. All the men are of prominent
Toledo families.
Baltimore, Bankers Full.
Judge Gorter has appointed Josh
Packard and Edwi.i B. Baetger receiv
ers for the firm of Wilson, Colston &
Co., bankers of Baltimore, Md. The
assets are roughly estimated at $870,
000, and the liabilities $1)55,000. The
firm Is largely Interested In southern
securities of various sorts.
Report of a. Slaughter.
A news agency publishes a dispatch
from Tangier saying there has been
a battle between the French and Moors
near Settat, Morocco, In which 10,000
Moors were killed or wouned, and In
which the French losses amounted to
160 men, Including four olflcers.
Ex-Gov. Shortrldge Dead.
E. 8. D. Shortrldge, former govern
or of North Dakota, died at Devil's
Lake, N. P., Tuesday, at the aae of 78.
Nebraska j
i State News
ItttSOXFD CANDY FOUND.
Confection Believed, to Havo
Been
Placed by Domestic.
Suspected of leaving poisoned candy
where it could be eaten by the young .
.Lll.l . 1 ... ; r .. .. r 7 ..... v A.- I
$111 Leavenworth, street. Omaha. !
Pearlo Fnrrell, age 18, Is held at thu
county Jail charged with being a sus-
plclous character.
A rhAinliit whd avnminAi! the ciindv
for Mr. and Mrs. Wrtsht dee'.aro that j
ine uuiurtuimtiy fjuiuw irum turn uir
Wright, are at a lows to know why
k(; o.l ,...in..i
candy In their home. j
Poisoned chocolate, creams wifre j
found on tho refrigerator In tho bacV
. !
shed by Mrs. Wright last Wednesday
morning. i
Pearle Furrell hourd Mrs. Wright l er in Nebraska Robber,
and the milkman talking and asking J f'hlef Mooro, of Beatrice, has re
what was the mutter, adv.scd having l reived ti telegram from Chief of Fo-
the candy examined. ?r.i. Wrlnht had j
Tiot thought cf that, but nctlm; on tho i
advice of the maid nave on.j piece tn
a chemist, who rorir.s ut the Wright
home, and he mude.lhe analysis,
Saturday afternoon lie toid Mrs.
Wright It woe poioned, hut withhold
ing the Information frjin tho girl, Mrs.
Wright told her they could eat tho
candy now, and held out to her two
pieces of wholesome' candy exact covin-
terparts of the poisoned confooUonR,
telling her to eat one and sho -would
cat the other. The girl obstinately re
fused' to eat and begged Mrs. Wright
not to eat, and at the supper tablts en
deavored to enlist Mr. Wright on her
side, asking him not to let Mrs. Wright
make her- eat the candy.
On account of the girl first suggetit
tng that the candy might be polxonod
and then later refusing to eat whole
some candy which looked like It, "Mrs.
Wright felt she' was more responsible j
for It being left there than anyone else,
and not wanting her to stay in hur
home another night, telephoned the
matron of the detention home to come
and get the girl.
SUES FOK SHARE OF FORTUNE.
Nebraska Horseman Defendant In
Sensational Suit Filed at Lincoln
Mrs. .Valeria W. Allenspach has
brought suit in the courts at Lincoln
to sustain her claim to being the com
mon law wife of Mark -M. Coad, a
near millionaire of Fremont. Coad Is
known all over the west as a horse
man. MrsCAUnBch yn that yona
wooed her when she was still married,
helped her get a divorce from her hus
band, and would have married her at
once if her. father had not objected.
After the latter's death Coad visited
her. He said:
"Will you be my wife and stick to
me by thick and thin?"
That Is all the ceremony the woman
says was ever performed, und upon
that and their cohabitation for throe
years she bases her claim to a portion
of his $800,000 estate. .She has a big
bundle of letters she says will prove
interesting reading. Coad Is over 75
years of age.
TRAMPS ROB FARM HOUSE.
Arrested Shortly After by Chief of
Police- at Fremont.
Frank Asburg, Leo Peters and
Frank Peters, a trio of tramps, broke
into the residence of Swan Nelson near
Uehllng Sunday during the absence of
the family and besides getting several
square meals, took along with them
Mr. Nelson's overcoat, a couple of ra
zors and the contents of the -baby's
bank consisting of about $5. Chief
of Police Teterson arrested the men
about as soon as they arrived In Fre
mont and they acknowledged that the
pocket full of pennies and nickels came
from the Nelson farm house. Nelson
also identified the parties as men
whom he saw near his place just as he
was returning home.
Objects to Press UaUt.
Alleging that the newspapers are al
lowed special rates for press dispatch
es, W. A. Myers, of Alma, Tuesday
filed a complaint with the railway
Commission and demanded a public
hearing. The commission will set a
date for an investigation. Myers de
clares the newspapers, under the Ne
braska law, must pay the same rates
as business men and farmers.
Receiver for Gas Plant.
H. 0. Leigh, of Nebraska City, was
Saturday appointed receiver for the
Nebraska City Gas Light company, of
Nebraska City, Judge Hunger, of the
v federal court, taking action on the
application of the Illinois Savings and
Trust company, of Chlcugo and Mrs.
Evelyn Bird, of Nebraska City, tho
principal creditors. The liabilities
amount to $50,000.
Child Fell Down Stulrs; Dead.
Tripplnsj on a piece of carpet thu
2-year-old child of Ed Connelley, of
Llndsey, pitched headlong down htulrs,
striking on the back of a chnlr, run
ning one of the rungs Into its eye. It
lis believed that the brain was pene
trated, as the child did not regain
consciousness.
Protest Afiulnst Gusollno Car.
A petition Is being circulated by
Norfolk traveling 'men asking that the
motor car be taken off the Bonesteel
branch and that a passenger or freight
train be put on In Its place.
Too Many Wives?
A dispatch . from Columbus says:
William Cobblnson is obliged to como
Into Court for having more wives than
the law allows. It is alleged he has
had a couple of wives for more than
three years. He waived examination
and was bound over In the sum of
$500. He is in tho county Jail.
Norfolk Wants Puuv In V'.rrl Clnat.
The petition for the unm xatlon
contiguous territory to rruke N'er'-dk
;s city of 6,000 people ha:i been filed by
pClty Attorney Hnzen.
ACCIDKNTAIXY SHOT.
Bulb Parnlyxcs Body of Young- Hoo
klnt Girl.
Lying In an Omaha hospital with the
lower part of her body paralysed. Ber
tha Tlodjo, accidentally shot by her
brother, has had tho bullet removed
from her spinal column, but as a re
sult of tho terrible, accident must go
through what years' stretch out before
hor a victim of paralysis. v
It was a gun "not loaded" that sud
denly exploded on the Tledje farm,
north of Hosklns. bringing a te-rlble
disaster to the sister of the young
boy who neld the rifle.
The bullet was removed by Dr. sum-
"or, " 0hA Pit. had en
tercd near the neck and was lodged
In the bone, having penetrated the
nrinal column instead of having merely
lodged near the spinal cord as at first
lh,lun;ht
rr i tt . kill! i ik vaKst rins,
Pltal. too weak to bo brought back to
'her norih Nebranka homo.
. . . .
. ph may llj- fgr yearn.
leans say. but the lower part of her
w, bo- I'n:!srd.,
IIIGIIWAYMA N C A IT U B FJ.
Officers at Seattle, Washington, Gatli
lico Wanpensteln, of Seattlti. WaBh.,
statlrR that Jamci Llillo, wanted at
Beatrice on the charge of beating and
robbing of $100 Thomas Martin, a
civil war votoraii, on the highway near
his homo In llockfold township, ou
the nlrht of Oct. 1 1, 1008, was under
arrost thore. Llllle spent the even-
Ing at the home of his brother near
Rockford. i:i company of Mr. Martin,
and ft th.j house fcttoie Mr. Martin
did. About 10 o'clock.'as Mr. Martin
was en routo home, a man climlyd In
hi busfcv. assaulted and ronuea mm.
I.lllio dl: appeared the next duy and, all
offotts to locate hlin failed. Ho served
In the Kansua peultentlary and re-
garduJ us a tou.ih character,
Sheriff Trude will secure requisition
papers at once and start for Seattle to
bring Llllle back to Beatrice,
FARM ICR AND EMPLOY!! FIGHT.
Refuses to Ijeuvo When Ordered and
Trouble Eu-tucs.
R. A. Slska, a farmer living near
Burchard, shot and wounded a man
named Seaman Friday evening after
the two had qaurreled,. Seaman had
been working for Slsku, who discharg
ed him. He was ordered to leave the
place, but refused, and during his at
tempt to enter tho house Slska opened
fire with a revolver, wounding him In
the side. Seaman, after receiving the
wound, kicked in the door and the
two men engaged In . a fight until
neighbors Interfered.
Tho sheriff of Pawnee county was
called and took pharge.of Seaman, who
was badly Injured by being beaten
over the head with thu revolver. Ths
wound in his side Is not serious.
TO MAKE NEBRASKA "DRY."
State Temperance Union Meets at Lin
coin to I'lnn Cumiwlgn.
Declarations for statewide prohlbl
Hon werethade at Thursday's meeting
of the Nebraska Temperance union,
ivhlnli tnnt nt 1Via Mtnf eilTiltol D t Lin-
coin. Most of the speakers said the
time was ripe to drive the liquor traf
fic out of the state. President George
Sutherland, of the Baptist college at
Grand Island, said prohibition was
now In tho air; that the banner of vic
tory floated over Okluhoma and Geor
gia, and Nebraska would be next
Resolutions were adopted pledging
opposition to any . candidate who es
poused the liquor traffic and support to
those who would aid in the prohibition
movement.
Full to Ground Kills.
An accident resulting in the death
r, wn.i mivorlna a. well known
v, r.nt cU'zen, occurred the other
afternoon. While trimming a large
:. wond tree Mr. , Ollverlus fell
heavily to the frozen ground, striking
ii his head. Concuiuaonof the brain
followed, causing death In a few hours.
He was 40 years old and unmarried.
Has Unlimited Power,
The state railway commission passed
a resolution declurlng it had power to
comncl the building of railway depots
and passed a resolution ordering the
Rock Island railroad to build 'one at
the town of University Place. The
commission ' went further In Its deci
sion and declared It had the power
to compel construction, whetheg the
Improvement Is remunerative or not.
County Offices in Hotel.
For years Thurston county has beet
In need of better accommodations for
Its olllcers while Its valuable reoords
have been exposed to loss by firs. Sat
urday the county board made ar
rangements with John M. Severson for
additional office room with vaults and
adequate fire protection In the Palace
hotel building at Pender.
Smallpox Under Control.
Superintendent Sherman, of the
Kearney Industrial school, was In Lin
coln Suturduy and called on the secre
tary of state. He reported the small
pox at his institution all under con
trol and only one case had developed
since the first outbreak.
Woman Dies from Acid.
Mrs. Imjuis Kreifela, wife of a well
known farmer, living eight miles south
f Nebraska City, secured a bottle of
carbolic acid uiid drank the contents.
Whether It was accidental or suloldal I
Is not known, bhe Is dead.
Finds New Olson Clew.
Sheriff Baumann, of Fremont, has
gone to M. Joseph, Mo., to look for
Mlllo Olson. He refused to divulge
his clew, but said that It might read
to something definite. The Olson girl
lumppeared from the farm of her
airier near Rosalie more than
month ego.
Will Not Cull Kxtra SetMlon.
Gov. t heldon said he would not call
n extra session of the legislature for
ho i nssase of a law guaranteeing
bank deposits -
'
i WORK OF l
svWu".- congress
Edson Rich, attorney for the Union
Pacific, held a conference with mem
bers of the state railway commission
Tuesday morning, and the result prob
ably will be a friendly suit to test the
anti-pass law. The Union Pacific may
also decide to fight in the courts tne
recent order of the commission pro
mulgating new oil rates, which provid
ed a reduotlon of about $0 per cent of
the rates charged for' hauling oil.
Nothing definite, however, was decid
ed, as a.1 of the members of the com
mission were not present. Mr. Rich
also desired to know the position of
the commission on a proposition relat.
lug to the retail of telephones. It Is
(he desire of his company, no sale, to
furnish tolcphones to employee, the
latter to Py 80 per cent and the rall-
oad company to pay the remaining 19
per cent of tt rest In transportation,
equal to iU share of the bill. The Ne
braska anti-pass law. It Is said, does
not cover this matter specifically, but
no encourspement was given te Mr.
Klch byl... commission.
State Senator C. A. Sibley, of Front-
ler county, has complained formally
that grain rates charged by the Bur
lington road in Nebraska are too high.
He asks tho rallroud commission to
reduce them 16 per cent below the re
duction of 1C per cetft already brought
bout by Ihe Aldrich bill. Senator Sib
ley appeared before the commissioners
at Lincoln Tuesday morning and took.
formal action. A day for hearing will
be Axed and the board will consider
evidence In the case. An order of th
board reducing rates was made sev
eral months ago, but wan held up by
,eja ppoppeding, instituted by the rail
roads. Following this action the com
mission at Lincoln decided It had pro
ce.edod wrongfully In acting on Its own
motion, and decided that reductions oi
rutes could be brought about only on
'ormal complaint. A short time later
Senator Sibley declared he would com-
ululn. and he has fulfilled his promise,
The commission has notified the rail
road of the filing, and will later fix
the time for hearing.
State Oil Inspector Allen has filed I
report with Gov. Sheldon covering ths
business done In his office during th
year 1907. The report shows the ln
spectton fees amounted to $26,830.3$,
miscellaneous receipts in September)
$3.60; miscellaneous fees for Febru
ary, til; balance on hand January,
1907. $1,186.69; total collections lor
the year, $27,615.69; barrels inspect
ed, 262,495: approved, 261,735; bar
rels rejected. 760. Of the barrels in
spected 84 8 were owned by th Union
Pacific and Bprlngton railroads, and
the payment of the inspection fees Is
tilt in dispute, the report says. The
disbursements for the year amounted
tu $26,615.69; balance on hand Janu
ary 1. 1908. $1,100; Increase in inspec
tion fees over 1906, 18 per cent; In
crease in office and traveling expenses,
6 per cent; increase in amount turned
Into state treasury, 60 per cent. The
report sets out in detail the varloui
'expenses incurred, as well as th worl
f the different deputies.
The railway commission bos adopt
ed the following orders of Importance
U) all the state: No change of freight
or passenger depots or flag stations
from their present location, or suspen
sion of the sale of tickets, or the re
ceiving or forwarding of freights from
stations now In use for such purpose
will be permitted without the consent
of this commission. Permission for
the location .of depots and the con
structs i of same must be secured from
this commission. Application for ouch
pcrmiw must d accompan'ea ay an
inrorrsaiion nejsary or iuii.
proper unaersianamg ox an luuran
to Oo anectea tnereoy. ine commission
reserves the right to pass upon the lo -
cation of all awltches and spurs. No
switches or spur In use in this stats
hall be removed or abandoned without
h consent of this commission..
W. B. Rose, of Lincoln, went to
Grand Island Tuesday night to argue
case where a temporary injuno-
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m was secured against tne stats
board of public lands atnd buildings U
I nrevent the board from taking a nor -
prevent
turn of the pensions of the members of
the soldiers' home for the benefit of
the home. In the past it was custo
mary for the members of the home to
4ay to the home all of their pension ex.
cept $12 per month. The present
board changed this so that only a per
cent of the pension over $15 Is now
taken. The action of the board called
attention to the practice, and some of
the friends of the soldiers objected
and had the suit filed.
Employes In the state house who
hold their jobs at the pleasure of Gov.
Sheldon will not be able to draw their
pay for the month of January until ths
last day of the month. The vouchers
which the governor has to approve be
fore these employes can draw pay are
copied from the statute, provide that
the employe make oath that he has
earned the money coming to him. Un
til the money Is actually earned, or
rather until the end of the month, the
governor will not approve nalary
vouchers.
February 8 Is the date set by tho
governor for the hearing desired by tho
three councllmen of Wayne who are
accused of failure to carry out tho
locum law in revoking tho license
t a saloon man at Wayno.
T. H. Shoemaker, of Wllsonvllle,
has notified ' the railway commission
of a grievance he has against the Ad
ams Express Co. Shoemaker wrote
that ho shipped 240 pounds of turkeys
to Denver and tho express company
raised tho rate to 400 pounds. He sent
tho original receipted bill to tho com
oany. ho said, and demanded a rebate
of $1.63, and tho company has not
even answered hla communication. Tho
I railway commission has wrttten tho
sxpress company for Its side of tho
story.
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The Snate held a short session llinrs-
day, during which Senator'. Aldrich re
ported his banking hill from the eon niit-
tr-e on finnnce and announced be would
call the measure up for consideration on
Monday. Feb. 10. The urgent deficiency
appropriation hill was pa.ised by the
House. The total amount carried by it i
?2o,OtM.4."iO, or $1 10.0(H) tens than as re
ported by thu committee. ;T!ie Urgent
single reduction was that of $:;00,l)Ot) m
tb clothing fund ot tlie nnny. When
Ike session wax resinned only, n few paes
of the bill remained to be disnosed of.
Included In these wss a provision for
the appointment of thirty-four additional
policemen for the new Llotwe odiee build
ing. Chairman Tawuey urged tha pro-
vision because' of the 'necessity for pro
tecting such coHtly government property
and "of guarding the reputation and lion
or of the members." Mr. Mann, Illinois,
opposed the provision, and it was stricken
out oo a point of order after considerable
discussion.
The reading oil the President's messag
concerning the employers' liability act,
the granting of injunctions In labor rnses
and other matters of a general nature
concerning eorpomtious was tbo chief fea
ture of the Senate proceedings Fri.lay.
The message received careful attention.
The Senate ordered 10,001) copies printed.
The remainder of the day was devoted
to routine business and a further consid
eration of the bill to revise the criminal
laws of the United States. The first ,
reading of the bill was eohcluded. The
Senate adjourned until Monday. An un-
IIPUHi anu hiiiiumi. uiiii rvvi,-nic bwuc -aim
enacted in the House of Kepresentativea ; '
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as the result of the reading ot a special
itwssage to Congress ' by the President,,
urging additional legislation in the mat
ter of relations of labor aud capital and .
of corporations and the public. The vig
orous language of tho document brought
forth storms of applause, Brat on the
Democratic side of the House, then on the
Republican, and culminating in a general
demonstration by the entire body. After
passing 288 pension bills, the Indian ap
propriation bill was discussed. Its con
sideration had not been completed when
the House adjourned until Monday.. -
Senator Piles of Washington VlonOa
delivered an eloquent appeal in favor of
an anuronriatlon by Congress of 700,-
000 for a cover n meat exhibit at the Alas-ka-Yukon-Pneltic
exposition, to be held In
Seattle next year.' The day In the Sen- .
ate was chiefly devoted to a considera
tion pf bills on the calendar, several of
which were passed. Ihree of the giants
of the House had their innings Monday.
Technically the Indian appropriation bill
was under discussion, but legislation was
I releRHted to the background while na
tional politics occupied ine stage, im?
fore the political question cropped out
the House, with next to the largest at
tendance of the session present, with but
one dissenting voice, .passed a general
widows' pension bill granting a flat pen
sion of $12 a month to the widows of all ,
honorably discharged soldiers of the Uni
ted States who have not heretofore re
ceived the benefits of the pension li)
and an Increase of $4 a month for those
who have under the act of June 27, 1890.
The bill Involves the expenditure of more
than 112,000,000 annually. The political
debate waa opened by Mr. Townsend of
Michigan, who, in a prepared speech,
claimed for the Republican party credit
for all national legislation in the last
fifty years of vital Interest to the public.
In this he was vigorously disputed by
Mr. Cockran of New York. Mr. Hep
burn followed, defending the President's
message, and said that condemnation of-'
It had come only from the great maieiao ,
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, tors of the sge "and the Rfntleman fro.
Ohio," meaning Senator Foraker.
The Senate Tuesday passed the urgent
deficiency bill, carrying an appropriation
oi over 2i,w,wu. ,r,t.v, u.
appropriation lor tue navy uroiujui uv
considerable discussion on me suujeci. m
I . I JK..a.n....,B molrtnff V I Ultl 1 1 1
execuuvr uci)nuirui --
tures not provided for In appropriations.
' Deficiency appropriations for the Panama
canal gave rise to Democratic criticism
of the publication of a paper by tho
Canal Commission at Panama, and Inci
dentally Senator Teller declared that bo
believed the lock canal at Panama wouio
some day be declared a failure, and that
a sea level canal would take it place.
The Senate devoted two hours to consid
eration of the criminal code bill.
President Roosevelt s recent message
to Coneress on the relations 01 capital
and labor and of corporations and tho j
public again was tue tneme oi uisruiwiou (
in the House of Representatives. So;
vreat was the demand for time that gen-j
eral debate on the Indian appropriation!
bill, which la the pending business, was
extended for four hours. Interest in thai
proceedings centered In a speech by Jenn;
Sharp William- the minority leader, who,!
while lauding the President for some of!
hla sentiments, expressed the belief that;
others were dangerous. Mr. Williaiusj
spoke for nearly, two hours. His rei
marks Qn the financial question prompted;
a lengthy discussion of that subject b
Mcllill, of Connecticut, in which he opj
posed the Aldrich fiuancial bill. Othej
speakers were Messrs. Bonygne, of Colo;
rado, Nye, of Minnesota, and Macon, a,
Arkansas, the latter urging the passag
of bis bill prohibiting dealings In future,
In agricultural products. j
TOLD IS A FEW LINES.
Tho Grand Duke Constantino of RtM
lis Is said to bo ths most cultured Roust
eff now living. ,
The Queen of Holland discourages gtu
alog as far as she Is able. She is .
ardent lover of all animals. j
The conference of tae tmtisu LatXj
party at Hull voted down the resoiaiiv
binding the party to any particular a'
ciaKstic program, but passed another it
i ofurini socialism to be the deliuite a
' ultimate aim of the Labor party. f
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